Whataburger picks S.A. building for its HQ

Whataburger, which announced in November that it was moving its corporate headquarters from Corpus Christi to San Antonio, has purchased a 140,000-square-foot office building to house its 250 employees.

The burger chain, with more than 700 restaurants in 10 states, bought an office building at 300 Concord Plaza Drive near the intersection of U.S. 281 and Jones Maltsberger Road. Tesoro Corp., which is preparing to move to its new 618,000-square-foot office building this summer, occupies the office building. HDG Mansur owned the building.

“This move helps provide long term stability for our company and accommodates our plans for growth,” Preston Atkinson, president and COO of Whataburger, said in a release.

The employees will begin moving in to the building in June. About 60 percent of the 250 employees will move from Corpus Christi and the rest will be hired locally.

“We have always known that San Antonio offers much to corporations that choose to locate and do business here,” Mayor Phil Hardberger said in a statement. “The good news of Whataburger moving its home office to San Antonio affirms that, and we are very pleased to welcome the Dobson family and their great company to our community.”

Harmon Dobson opened his first Whataburger restaurant in 1950 in Corpus Christi.